body cells | ||
sex cells | ||
Chromosomes that do not determine the sex of an individual | ||
X and Y chromosomes | ||
chromosomes that each have a corresponding chromosome from the opposite-sex parent | ||
(genetics) an organism or cell having two sets of chromosomes or twice the haploid number | ||
A half set of chromosomes | ||
Cell division that produces reproductive cells in sexually reproducing organisms | ||
the study of heredity | ||
One of the alternative forms of a gene that governs a characteristic | ||
having two identical alleles for a trait | ||
having two different alleles for a trait | ||
genetic makeup of an organism | ||
physical characteristics of an organism | ||
trait that will show up in an organism's phenotype if gene is present | ||
trait that will only appear in the phenotype if organism inherits two of them; covered up by the dominant gene | ||
a chart that shows all the possible combinations of alleles that can result from a genetic cross | ||
the mathematical chance that an event will occur |
Genetics
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